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claude octopus for Windsurf

io.github.xiaolai/claude-octopus

Spawn multiple specialized Claude Code agents as MCP servers, each independently configured.

client:Windsurf transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install claude octopus in Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.codeium\windsurf\mcp_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-octopus": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-octopus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME": "<CLAUDE_TOOL_NAME>",
        "CLAUDE_MODEL": "<CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE": "<CLAUDE_PERMISSION_MODE>",
        "CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS": "<CLAUDE_ALLOWED_TOOLS>",
        "CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT": "<CLAUDE_APPEND_PROMPT>",
        "CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY": "<CLAUDE_FACTORY_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Global only — Windsurf has no per-project MCP config. Refresh Cascade after saving. Windsurf docs

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